# CVE-2022-49433: RDMA/hfi1: Prevent use of lock before it is initialized

> A flaw in the Linux kernel hfi1 driver allows a denial of service via use of an uninitialized lock during device probe failure.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49433, GHSA-g569-wg4c-8crr, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49433

## What is CVE-2022-49433?

CVE-2022-49433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/hfi1: Prevent use of lock before it is initialized

If there is a failure during probe of hfi1 before the sdma_map_lock is
initialized, the call to hfi1_free_devdata() will attempt to use a lock
that has not been initialized. If the locking correctness validator is on
then an INFO message and stack trace resembling the following may be seen:

  INFO: trying to register non-static key.
  The code is fine but needs lockdep annotation, or maybe
  you didn't initialize this object before use?
  turning off the locking correctness validator.
  Call Trace:
  register_lock_class+0x11b/0x880
  __lock_acquire+0xf3/0x7930
  lock_acquire+0xff/0x2d0
  _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x46/0x60
  sdma_clean+0x42a/0x660 [hfi1]
  hfi1_free_devdata+0x3a7/0x420 [hfi1]
  init_one+0x867/0x11a0 [hfi1]
  pci_device_probe+0x40e/0x8d0

The use of sdma_map_lock in sdma_clean() is for freeing the sdma_map
memory, and sdma_map is not allocated/initialized until after
sdma_map_lock has been initialized. This code only needs to be run if
sdma_map is not NULL, and so checking for that condition will avoid trying
to use the lock before it is initialized.

Weakness: CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49433?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49433?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49433 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49433 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49433 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49433 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49433/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49433/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49433
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49433
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49433

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